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The Legislature is exempting properties destroyed in a disaster from certain permitting requirements to speed up recovery ...
State lawmakers passed a bill aimed at expediting the rebuilding process for hundreds of homes destroyed in the Lahaina fire.
Formerly a lush wetland carefully tended by Native Hawaiians, the colonial plantation system diverted Maui’s water to private ...
Some 237 non-historical, concrete pilings along Front Street have been removed, completing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ...
The Maui Hero Project has received $65,300 in funding from Rotary District 5000 to support mental health programs for Lahaina youth affected by the 2023 Maui Wildfires. The funding will help provide ...
Starting March 1, fire survivor households in FEMA’s direct housing program on Maui were required to start paying rent. Now, ...
At 8 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2024, a crowd of over 100 people hovered around the TVs at Coco Deck Kitchen + Bar in West Maui. Chef ...
MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The anxious, nearly two year-long wait to return to their leveled Lahaina properties has come ...
Maui County on Thursday announced the completion of a major debris removal effort along Front Street in Lahaina, where 237 ...
A Boeing executive who lost his beachfront home in the Lahaina fire wants to rebuild, but some in the community want to ...
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaiʻi hailed the 2025 Legislature’s passage this week of bills intended to increase the state’s ...
Hawaii lawmakers approved a first-of-its-kind bill on Friday that increases the state’s lodging tax to fund environmental ...